2020 Origin I - QLD 18-14 NSW @ Adelaide

[billygilmore]

What a shit game by all involved, I thought maybe end of season origin could have worked but I'd say with covid and everything all the guys just wanna be home with their families and it showed.

Win, lose, I don't think either team gives a shit and just want this season done with

 

[Silent Knight]

He was great tonight
So many clowns thinking they had it in the bag. This thread is epic

Not me. The fatal mistake NSW made was leaving out Isaah Yeo. No justice, no win.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Edwards>>>Teddy.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Just home from the game... observations...

Atmosphere before, and during the game was awesome.. even with COVID restrictions..

It was NSW’s game to lose, and they indeed let it go.

NSW..
Front row looked ok, Paulo most impact.
Keary never looked likely, dead arm early and little impact.
Gutherson first game in centres and found out in defence. Not his fault, just the wrong bloke for the job.
Cleary was unsettled, rushed.
Addo-Carr looked most likely...

They looked very sideways in attack...

QLD...

Hung in there.

Papalii was immense.
Munster was intense.. no hangover from the grand final...
they all got there jobs done much better than NSW.

Loved the Adelaide Origin experience. Shame it was restricted for Covid, but the whole place embraced it.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I swear I saw Cameron Smith being carried off after the game.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Not me. The fatal mistake NSW made was leaving out Isaah Yeo. No justice, no win.

And another 4 of the smug.

if the roosters had won as many games this year, Freddy The drunken blathering fathead would have selected their whole side.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Just home from the game... observations...

Atmosphere before, and during the game was awesome.. even with COVID restrictions..

It was NSW’s game to lose, and they indeed let it go.

NSW..
Front row looked ok, Paulo most impact.
Keary never looked likely, dead arm early and little impact.
Gutherson first game in centres and found out in defence. Not his fault, just the wrong bloke for the job.
Cleary was unsettled, rushed.
Addo-Carr looked most likely...

They looked very sideways in attack...

QLD...

Hung in there.

Papalii was immense.
Munster was intense.. no hangover from the grand final...
they all got there jobs done much better than NSW.

Loved the Adelaide Origin experience. Shame it was restricted for Covid, but the whole place embraced it.

good points as usual.

Your trip home from Sydney airport will take you longer than the flight.

In my view, Munster is the best player in the world.
After the match he’s volunteering for an immediate captains run. He’s two levels up from anybody else.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Saifiti was the best forward on the field and Cordner was actually decent to be fair. Not sure where people are getting the idea that Paulo played well. Had 6 ineffective runs for 50 odd meters.

 

[Kamara]

just back from the game...

Love the stadium.Must fit about 60k.

The playing surface is immaculate... incredible.

Atmosphere good in the second half.

 

[Joel-22]

Saifiti, Paulo, Trbojevic were all great but NSW needed more middle forwards. You can't compete with 2 specialist props and a fairy (Haas) posing as a prop. Haas looked like he was catching butterflies. Has he ever tackled anyone with intent?

 

[Joel-22]

Saifiti was the best forward on the field and Cordner was actually decent to be fair. Not sure where people are getting the idea that Paulo played well. Had 6 ineffective runs for 50 odd meters.

I agree re: Saifiti. But I thought Paulo did enough to stay in the 17. They need to bring in 2 new middles to complement Saifiti because Haas is a girl

 

[lockyno1]

Walker is a runner. Keary is a runner. It wasn't a bad idea to get them both our there but it was done at the expense of several other positions, especially centre.

Keary could play 7 but that would be panic stations.

Play an actual centre for starters, not two blokes out of position. Wighton to 5/8th and pick whichever half you want. Get Angus Chrighton out too gosh he's ordinary, Yeo can do his job and create things.

The other option is just play the Penrith halves.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I agree re: Saifiti. But I thought Paulo did enough to stay in the 17. They need to bring in 2 new middles to complement Saifiti because Haas is a girl

Lol

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

good points as usual.

Your trip home from Sydney airport will take you longer than the flight.

In my view, Munster is the best player in the world.
After the match he’s volunteering for an immediate captains run. He’s two levels up from anybody else.

Mate I live in SA now... loving it.

Game over, 5 min walk from the ground to the car, missus drives me 20 minutes to our home... sorted..

Life’s good here, except that my homeland state botched the game like my dragons botches their seasons..

But seriously, it was amazing to be able to see league over here, in a crowd, amid all the COVID dramas of 2020, and so well embraced by the city.

bring back the Rams!!!

 

[greenBV4]

f**k i got a bit too excited with pubs reopen and wrote myself off a bit

We were infront last inrember what happened? How the f**k did we loose to that qld side!

I reakon a few changes to the side for game 2 will happen

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

just back from the game...

Love the stadium.Must fit about 60k.

The playing surface is immaculate... incredible.

Atmosphere good in the second half.

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i was in the riverbank stand... front of the middle deck above where Qld came out of the tunnel ..

Cracking night, amazing stadium. Congrats QLD.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Supposed to win 40- nil and other crap that was going around.

Gus might need to take over.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Maybe NSW should pick players in their correct positions

now there’s a revolutionary idea... why didn’t someone with selection power think of that eh??

 

[The_Frog]

Supposed to win 40- nil and other crap that was going around.

Gus might need to take over.

It was actually a very predictable outcome. The NSW side had serious balance problems as was pointed out several days ago.

Cordner was actually decent to be fair.

He did try hard in the second half but he's a shadow of the player he was a couple of years ago, and of other players who could fill his position.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Smug

Gutho missed one tackle that lead to a try. Shame it was such a bad miss, cos he made 34 others. Plus 3 LBAs and 2 try assists.

Actually based on that he's an infinitely better Origin halfback than Cleary.

And how many turnovers did he give up?